List of wars involving Kenya

This is a list of wars involving Kenya since its independence from United Kingdom in 1963.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President of Kenya	Kenyan losses
Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President of Kenya	Military	Civilian
Shifta War (1963–1967)	Kenya	Insurgents	Victory Secessionism in NFD suppressed.	Jomo Kenyatta	4,200+ killed^[1] (Civilians and combatants)
Mount Elgon Insurgency (2005–2008)	Kenya	SLDF	Victory Defeat of the SLDF guerilla.	Mwai Kibaki	~600 killed^[2] (Civilians and combatants
War in Somalia (2011–)	Somalia AMISOM Kenya Ethiopia Uganda Burundi Djibouti Sierra Leone United States United Kingdom	Al-Shabaab Hizbul Islam Islamic State	Ongoing Operation Linda Nchi launched in 2011, Kenya joins AMISOM	Mwai Kibaki	Unclear	Unclear

References

↑ Jacob Bercovitch and Richard Jackson, International Conflict : A Chronological Encyclopedia of Conflicts and Their Management 1945-1995 (1997)
↑ Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch (2008-04-02). "Kenya: Army and Rebel Militia Commit War Crimes in Mt. Elgon (Human Rights Watch, 3-4-2008)". Hrw.org. Retrieved 2010-05-01.

Lists of wars involving African countries

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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